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Muse Asia Screens Re:ZERO OVAs in Singapore in April
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Singaporean anime licensing company Muse Asia announced on Sunday that it will screen the Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow and Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World - The Frozen Bond (Re:Zero Hyōketsu no Kizuna) anime in theaters in Singapore in April. The company will announce the exact dates later this week.
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Memory Snow opened in Japanese theaters in October 2018, and featured a returning cast and staff. The OVA ranked at #8 at the Japanese box office during its opening weekend.
The story of the OVA takes place after [Spoilers, highlight to read.]Subaru and friends defeat the Demon Beast Wolgarm, the source of the curse, and save the children of Irlam village. The characters finally get a moment of peace, and Subaru goes on a certain secret mission that he must not let anyone find out about. However, even though Subaru is wearing a disguise, Petra and other children of the village immediately figure out who he is. Now that his mission was exposed within five seconds of it starting, what will happen with Subaru's "date course" with Emilia?
Re:Zero Hyōketsu no Kizuna adapts the story of the meeting between Emilia and Puck, which was depicted in the original Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Zenjitsu-tan: Hyōketsu no Kizuna prequel novel included with the first Blu-ray Disc home video release of the television anime series in Japan. The anime opened in Japan last November, and ranked #6 in its opening weekend.
The 25-episode first anime season of Tappei Nagatsuki's Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- light novel series premiered in April 2016. Animax Asia began airing the anime in Southeast Asia in January 2017. The anime will have a second season that will premiere in April.
